Wednesday, August 30, 2017

I think this family was one of my very first clients in Albuquerque. I love them. They go way, way back, before I had a blog. I would have to go a couple of hard drives worth of archives back to see their first portraits with me. It's always such a pleasure to see them again! This summer, they got a new dog - isn't she sweet? And what a great name - Karma.

Of course there are locations that aren't suitable for dogs, but if you'd like to include your dog, I am happy to make it work! They are welcome to come and eat my pine cones, like Karma did, or there are lots of other lovely locations around town that we can use where dogs are welcome.

This beautiful young lady was one of my favorite babysitters, many years ago - now a college sophomore.

She played soccer with my daughter, many years ago (she kept playing much longer than my daughter did - mercifully because my daughter did not love it). Now a high school senior.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

This beautiful high school senior visited New Mexico this summer from Texas, and wanted to get senior portraits done here. What a treat for me to meet her and her mom and brother! I love the idea of getting senior portraits done on vacation.

She told me there are no aspen trees near Houston. They're so beautiful!

I love talking to high school seniors about what they have planned. This girl has a great plan - she's working on a nursing degree now, which I think is so smart.

Since she's coming from an area with very different
scenery, she wanted pictures taken up in the mountains on the crest,
with the city view below. We planned to meet up on the top of Sandia
Crest, and here is where I made my big mistake. It is August, so I knew
it wouldn't be too cold up there, but just to be sure, I looked up the
forecast in Cedar Crest, and thought it would be pretty close. It was
for 75 degrees, which seemed just fine, and I told her family that
summer is great even on our mountain crest.

So, we got out of the car to a cold, strong wind. It wasn't actually freezing, but it was COLD. Not what I expected! Luckily, she and her family had jackets. (I didn't, but I was definitely more worried about them than about me.)

The wind was serious, so we went inside the stone hut, and that's when it kicked up another notch or two. Too much wind to even wear this shirt for long. It was kind of ridiculous but she had a really great attitude about it. That makes any tricky situation much easier!

It was cold, as I may have mentioned, but the colors were beautiful and it was such a pleasure to work with this girl.

She and her brother have some drama in their souls...

And all three of them needed a portrait with the nice overlook. Smiling as their hair blew in the wind!If you are interested in senior portraits, I'd love to chat with you and discuss how to make yours the best they can be! We can meet in person or talk on the phone, or you can email me. If you like the locations we used for these senior portraits, you can see these and many more ideas here.